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jv

Beware the siren's call...

About Me

Check me out. I'm kickass.
I've said this before and I'll say it again. I travel a lot for my job. This year I'm staring down 10 months on the road. I have learned one very important lesson in my travels: The women in Minneapolis are more beautiful than the women anywhere else in the world.
See below about exactly what my job is, but... I'm on the road. And when I say I'm on the road, I mean that I'm not in the US. When traveling outside the US, especially when doing it a) by the least expensive means possible, or b) while working tirelessly to keep tourists happy, internet access can be a bit spotty; often when I can get it, my time is extremely limited, and I don't quite make it to myspace either. If you message me or request to be my friend (and I'd be honored, I promise) and I don't respond promptly, assume that I am busy and not checking: not that I don't love you. So that's my bit on that.
Here's how I see it: On the way home from the bar tonight, I made the comment that there are way too many cute girls in the world. I, of course, immediately corrected myself, saying that there are, in fact, exactly the right number of cute girls in the world. They are malicious though. A look across the bar, an extended glance when they walk by holding hands with some toolbox, anything else that they might think is being fun or playful, pretty much just to mess with my head. Why? Not fair.
Hey, I have better things to do with my time than waste away on myspace... Damnit. You're right. I don't.
So I've got this wicked cool job where I get paid to travel around the country, and even some around the world, more or less all expenses paid, while getting paid in the meantime, and my primary job is to ride my bike while I'm traveling. And when I'm not riding my bike, I'm hanging out with people who are happy because they are on vacation. Next summer I will be around Minnesota a little more often, which is killer because I seriously missed my friends last year. I mean, missing Minnesota summer was one thing, missing my friends was a totally different thing. I have the best friends in the world. Seriously, best ever. Life is pretty kickass when it comes down to it.
I grew up in small towns. Very small towns. A couple of them. Then I moved to a big city. People thought it would be hard for me. People in the small town said I couldn't do it because I would get lost in the crowd. People in the big town said I couldn't do it because I didn't have what it takes to live in a big city. I showed them both. I love city life. There are things I took away from the small town that I wouldn't give up for anything, but I can't see myself back there long term. I'm a college graduate. I love my job, which is more than most of my friends can say. I think I love it because it is the most badass job ever. I get paid to travel around the world and ride my bike. Usually I have to at least try to be nice to people, but I'm good at that. Life is good.
I am hereby ending my crusade of self-righteousness. People are what they are. I am what I am, and in the immortal words of the greatest .. comic ever, "I finally find people like me, and they wind up being jerks."

My Interests

Drinking Coffee, Photography, Biking, Music, Writing, Movies, Reading

I'd like to meet:

Pretty people. Cool people. Pretty cool people.

Someone who knows how to use "they're" "their" and "there" properly. Same for "you're" and "your". If you can't, you need not apply.

Music:

Butch Walker, Rise Against, NoFX, Weezer, Something Corporate, The Weakerthans, The Ataris, Dashboard Confessional, Ryan Adams, Beautiful Girls, Latch Key Kid

Movies:

High Fidelity, Spaceballs, Goonies, Swingers, Garden State, Roam, Eternal Sunshine, Princess Bride

Television:

CSI, because I love it, and no matter what time it is, or what country I'm in, I can turn on a tv and find it on some channel.

Books:

On The Road, High Fidelity, Sad Movies, Franny and Zooey

Heroes:

My dad

and Lance Armstrong

My Blog

ugh

I will probably remember this weekend until the day I die. Whether it is for good reasons or bad remains to be seen. Unfortunately I probably won't know whether it's for good or bad until approximatel...
Posted by jv on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:25:00 PST

I love Gretchen Bleiler...

... and if you look at the cover of the latest ESPN the Mag, you'll know why.I have a lot of comments on today. Normally they would become some kind of status update on Facebook, but there are too man...
Posted by jv on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:52:00 PST

movies

You need to know my opinion about movies. You may not think this is the case, but trust me, it is. I've seen three movies at the cinema lately: Juno, I Am Legend, and Sweeney Todd.I Am Legend was okay...
Posted by jv on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:38:00 PST

I think red replaced blue as my favorite color.

The more I think about it, the more I think I'll be living in Minneapolis this winter.I'm reading Slanky, by Mike Doughty, and it is good."This is my song in lieu of dreams, four a.m., no matches, no ...
Posted by jv on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:48:00 PST

I have the following to say:

I recently came to the realization that if Peanut Butter and Jelly were simultaneously to disappear from the face of the earth, I would likely starve to death within a week.Sometimes someone ruins you...
Posted by jv on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST

I think I made a bad decision...

So at the end of last year, I said, fuck no, I'm not leaving the United States. I will quit before I go back and work in Europe again. As they say... be careful what you wish for. Now I am in the stat...
Posted by jv on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:18:00 PST

ugh

Congratulations Liddy!I'm sorry the guy behind me pissed me off so much I had to leave. Fuck that guy.
Posted by jv on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:23:00 PST

why can't this just be left blank. i have no subject.

Turns out I actually do hate Christmas. I've said it for a while, but I figured it was just me trying to feel sorry for myself, but yeah, I do hate Christmas. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. I want nothing to do wi...
Posted by jv on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:49:00 PST

a rather poor showing by the jv and le ron team.

I'm sure you're curious about the title of this blog, but I'm going to start out with a pre-story to this story.Ants on a Log are the best tasty treat ever. Ever. I don't care if I'm 25. Best ever. Ev...
Posted by jv on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:16:00 PST

whirlwind

The last few days have been a whirlwind.The next few weeks will definitely be a whirlwind.As much fun as I had in Wisconsin over the course of the last week, it was also extremely disorienting.I don't...
Posted by jv on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:02:00 PST